I Bought The Greatest Manual Transmission Car Online, And Immediately Drove It 5,000 Miles!
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Welcome to The Questionable Garage! In today's episode, Jared teams up with his friend Henry on an exciting adventure to prove that you don't need to break the bank to enjoy an incredible manual transmission car. 🚗💨
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Project Silver Hair. 20+ years as a LEO and the crown vic did things no vehicle that size has business doing. I could only just imagine how much more exciting it would have been with a stick. Also, nitrous it!
Super or turbo it bigger sway bars and bag it... Or hear me out get that coyote and swap it??
Change the rims, call it the "old moon shiner".
If you want to sell it I live in Tennessee I'd like to be first dibs if you ever sell
HEY! I built that car! I'm so glad someone who truly appreciates it got a hold of it. That was my baby for 12 years, and before that my grandfather owned it since new. Please reach out if you have any questions! I literally know its whole life story. Sorry that clutch went out on ya...you're right, it was an oreilly clutch that I bought new when I did the swap. It was an unfortunate last minute purchase to get the job done and I never upgraded. Glad you got it sorted and hope you keep it a long time! I wanna see more videos of it!!! And I say procharge it. I had always wanted to do that to it.
Oh man it’s so cool to find the builder! I was really impressed with how incredibly well put together everything was. Normally swaps are pretty sketchy so hats off on a job done very well!
@@TheQuestionableGarage so polite of you 🙂
@@TheQuestionableGaragethe best Ford ever made ....was an Edsel
I always hope to run into some of my old cars again, must be so cool to see it pop up in a comprehensive video!
@@TheQuestionableGarage my whole goal with it was to make it like it came that way from the factory. or close to it anyway
The best manual driving experience you can get is the best manual car you can afford.
I think you should put a coyote in it! The mounts are plug and play with the 4.6 mounts. Might need a custom oil pan. It can even run on the stock 4.6 ecu if you lock the VVT cams out. Long tube S550 headers fit in the frame rails. Transmission and driveshaft will also work as they sit. Alternator relocation bracket is readily available, as with the ac compressor AND the power steering pump. Could not be any easier in that case. If you want to run VVT, ford makes a plug and play harness with ecu that you just need to send power too a few wires. That will make that thing an absolute ripper. They only weigh a few 100 lbs more than a coyote mustang anyways. It would make some awesome content!
Why that 4.6 2v while by no means a powerhouse is insanely reliable and will easily outlive a coyote
@@BryanGullickson I don’t know about outliving a coyote. The 4.6 2v definitely had some issues, but they are about the same in terms of reliability. The intakes always leak, early models burn oil through the valve seals, the ac compressors are known to fail, and a few other odds and ends.
@@WiseGuyzGarage funny considering all i have heard about of the 5.0's in recent times is extreme oil consumption to the point of people having to fight ford to give them a new motor because the engine somehow magically used an entire sump of oil
@@BryanGullickson Deboss did a video on that, it’s on early Gen 1 coyotes, not later ones. And it’s from short trips with synthetic oil
Panthers will single-handedly keep automotive enthusiasm alive
I would name it Manuel Marquis. I've seen enough of you and Derek doing runs like this in beat up or random rigs and having a blast to believe it when you say it's whatever you can afford. Get it. Drive it. Have fun. 👍
So happy to hear you were able to finish the rally!
My college car was a 1984 Pontiac Parisienne, the "Couch on Wheels" or "Gray Ghost". Another big V8 with no power.
I think you should turn Dustbowl Grandma into a Marauder!
The old Bondurant instructor vics with the manuals are the best version of a manual vic.
I bought a 2005 Marquis for $1,500 when My Mercedes screwed me. 6-7 years later and the Mercury runs and drives great! Oh and it's also desert tan...or whatever that color is. Really dig this channel Mr. Pink!
I had a 2010 crown Victoria in full on cab spec, long wheel base no carpet, it had vinyl seats and floors. Basic. Had 500k miles on it. Used less oil than my 150k mile Mercedes ml500. It did a massive burnout before I sold it for scrap. I miss that old girl!
Loved the in the air Caddy shot!!
I say turn this into the ultimate Rally Sleeper, and sprinkle lots of Mustang Go Fast Parts under the hood and get some OEM looking alloy wheels to complete the sleeper look! And love the name Granny Marge!
That road into Zion - in 2021 my wife and I were pulled off with my camera on a tripod… right where you were driving, and I grabbed the camera, threw it in the car and took off… because a mountain lion was behind me!
It is still my favorite place on this planet (and we are from Florida!
I like that you didn't mention if the wife made it into the car before speeding off. lmao
Being from Utah we get to enjoy that road and scenic view about every year. It’s one of my kids, wife’s and my favorite spots. In fact we were there just a few months ago.
Pro charger and handling improvements.
@@brian_sipe she was already in the car because she was cold (did I mention we’re Floridans!)
I've driven dozens of manuals over the years, including the GT3RS, but the most fun I've ever had is my 88 VW GTi. Hands down! Drive what makes you happy my friends, that's all that matters.
My maximum driving fun, with a manual transmission: borrowing a friend's 72 Lotus Elan. It's really hard to beat a mid 20th century, Brit 2-seater, for sheer driving pleasure at an affordable price.
My Mk4 2.slow five-speed on bilsteins and 225 tires will pucker some buttholes 3rd gear pinned through some hair pins I love walking away from muscle cars on a curvy rd not many cars can pull 2g's at over 80mph without skidding out 😁
The most fun car I have ever driven was my 2002 V70 that I swapped to manual while keeping the AWD. It was the most fun in snow, rain, dry, everything. I miss that car everyday
For the money its got to be a miata
Except.... everyone knows that, so they are getting more expensive.
Also, in THIS instance, I'd rather be comfy in a Grand Marquis driving 2k miles than a Miata.
That being said, I'd love to have a Miata!
@@patrickulju583 Same on both counts. Plus far more people comfortably fit in a Grand Marquis than a Miata. (Both in number of passengers and just general size.) But... I still want a Miata.
My MR2 was $675 and it was a blast
Facts
In a world where Miata and MK1 Watercooled VW exists the Porsche claim is just plain silly. I've heard from different sources where sports car racers have moved up from Porsche to VW Rabbit. Also see the Jay Leno Video where Jason Cammisa(sp?) lets him drive a MK1(.5) Scirocco II. Even Leno admits it makes good noises shifting through the gears. A stick shift Panther sounds great. Haven't heard of that except for the driving school that had Cobra swapped Crown Vics, or maybe the Maurader?
I inherited an O2 Grand Marquis with 113,000 miles Same color all the way around. No digital insterments.
I just put new brakes on it. As soon as I bleed them tomorrow, I expect it to be my perfectly reliable daily driver.
Grandma Keith is the perfect name for that. When my Dr and I decided that I wasn't able to ride motorcycles any longer , I started looking for something cheap and fun to drive. Bought a BMW Z3 with a 5 speed and a 2.5L 6 cylinder. It sounds good,rides decent and I enjoy driving it.
The 4.6 is maybe the greatest Ford V8 engine ever made. My reasoning you ask ? 439,300 miles and counting with only plugs and coils as the only parts ever added under the hood.
Hey Jarod, I bought that same shirt on my trip back from Texas where I bought my 1967 Buick skylark and drove it 2200 miles back to my house in Oregon with my brother and my son.
Good thing, Henry isn’t a bear… you’d have to find some woods 😎 13:22
If you want to get real questionable there’s always the 7.3 Godzilla. Holley just came out with their computer and harness swap kit.
Currently on a road trip from Omaha to Glacier National Park...doing the Buick Lucerne- the Grand Marquis is at the house. Took the Buick 3.8 because of the slightly better mileage. This is my 6th 3.8 and I am on my 5th Panther chassis. Wonderful, cheap, comfortable, reliable cars...
Congratulations on your anniversary and on finishing the rally! Thanks for taking your viewers along with you on the rally and sharing the amazing scenery. I loved this episode so much! As always, I really appreciated your wisdom and editor Duane’s impeccable choice of music.
I’m gonna vote to keep Grandma as she is and enjoy!
A little more rear spring could make it float a bit less but, also help get the power to the ground a little better.
What an awesome find! I saw the instagram post a while back and was super excited to see the journey and your thoughts on this! A 5-speed panther platform is *chef’s kiss* (Cleetus eat your heart out am I right haha) great content as always Jared! Keep up the phenomenal work!
Cleetus has a 6 speed panther chassis. His car "neighbor" is a 6 speed.
@@Blue-Oval-Fan you’re right! But it’s heavily modified and purpose built. This is “stock” both are still very very cool cars.
Jared. The hardest working man in cartube. Happy to see you still getting it
Nice aluminum intake, aluminum radiator, police push bar, nitrous setup like cleetus’s racecars light and all, good tires on the steelies, have fun
Jared, you are so right and a inspiration. I recently purchased a 05 Sentra 176k miles with a manual and have a road trip planned from Chicago to Grand Canyon this weekend! I cannot wait to drive through Colorado and sightsee.
Out of all of the cars I have seen on your channel, I think this may be the one that I most want. Right now my daily driver is a 91 Caprice Classic LTZ, project Blue Thunder, she is two tone blue over silver and much louder than she started out, and I LOVE big luxury cars.
I'm not big on American cars in general, but one of few American dream projects I have is a blacked out Lincoln Mark VIII LSC with a manual swap. I just feel like it's the ultimate sleeper spaceship machine. Definitely did a good job on that cheap clutch. Fun stuff!
Re driving a manual transmission..
I drive a Freightliner truck with an 18 speed transmission for about 12 hours a day Monday to Friday for work here in Australia.
Out on the long highways its a joy, but I drive in inner city roads, traffic lights every 300 yards..
You can guess how many gears changes I do in stop start traffic everyday..
My elbow hurts. !!!
I would call the Grand Marquis "Marge". As far as mods; upgrade the intake manifold, fuel injection, ignition and headers.
No break downs ! That's why it was the go to car go for the NC Highway patrol for ten + years and a little power . Great choice .
From 1978 to 2020 I never drove an automatic and my most fun manual driving experience was the Miata NC facelift with a purpose build suspension. Purpose as in as perfect as possible for the B Road I mostly drive on.
This cheap and chearful car made me smile on my best and my worst days more or less within the speed limit.
Staying legal (mostly) while saving a lot on tires and gas and insurance AND having fun every single day. What more do I need? And I didn't even had to rent a racetrack!
Nice! You drove right by our place in Alpine! The Coronado Trail is a fun and picturesque drive. That used to be highway 666… Hope you enjoyed the Arizona high country!
Fresh paint and the optional LS (?) wheels so it looks like a Grand Marquis again and not a retired cop car.
The most fun I’ve ever had was in the early 2,000’s with my 1990 Taurus SHO while driving from Casper, Wy to Yellowstone. 30 mpg.
My grandma had one of these in that color but a 2002, and man were they actually fun to drive. She also had a 1998 that my dad bought when she got her new one. Very underrated cruisers!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing us along on a road trip with such awesome scenery ❤
as for a name, not Large Marge, but Large Barge cuz she's a Road Boat ❤
I agree about getting out and driving a manual transmission car. While i love my 2019 Taurus Limited and my 2014 MKZ, i really love getting out in my 2003 very basic Ranger 2.3L 5speed. It's a base model, rubber floors, taxicab quality seats, regular cab, short bed, 2wd. Sure it's not fast, but it's fun. And dead reliable. Ive had many stick shifts over the years (from a VW Rabbit diesel to a 91 Mustang LX 5.0) and they were always fun. Ive had 2 Grand Marquis, and they were great roadtrip cars, would have been even better as manuals! I used to autocross... first a 1980 fox body Capri Ghia with the inline six and 4 speed, then the 91 LX 5.0 5spped. I can honestly say it was more fun with the Capri, maybe because i was making payments on the Mustang. I even raced the diesel Rabbit (an absolute hoot!) and the 92 Garnd Marquis as well.
I daily drive a '03 Mercury Grand Marquis, that we bought with around 42k miles, and currently sits at 84k miles. They're great cars, anyone who's owned one will tell you. Yes they have their problems, but they've earned it for being (more or less) a century old, and they're easier to fix and find parts for, let alone the wealth of knowledge on how to repair them. Now I might just need to price out a manual conversion...
Always happy to watch you do a rally or any road trip really. Always great scenic views and fun stories! I vote to keep Grandma as she is and maybe toss some rims on, because it's just good to have a reliable backup.
Hi Jared and guest nice video 📹 and workmanship!!! Nice car sorry that the clutch broke !!! Is it going to become ah Knight Rider
Great vid, Jared, once again. Thanks for everything you do.
You should come to Montana and Wyoming and drive the Beartooth Pass! Charles Kuralt said it is the most beautiful road in America. I 100% agree!
I agree as I only live an hour from it. Been up it many times
I did the Devil's Highway south of Alpine at 0200, on a motorcycle. I've never seen so many deer in my life. Those little buggers were frolicking and fornicating all over the road. It was terrifying. Of course I was on an Iron Butt Run and couldn't dawdle. I covered the run from Alpine to Safford in a ridiculous time. Some friends were watching my progress on Life360 and were blown away. Some fantastic riding....but not for the faint of heart.
BTW, my GPS claimed it would take almost four hours. Google Maps stated three hours. I did it in less than half of Google. LOL
I always loved the thought of a Crown Vic, or a Grand Merc with a simple four on the floor, or five, or even six for that matter. The bigger cars just seem like it would be too much fun to hot shoe around with a wiggle stick.
As far as upgrades or mods to yours? I'd keep the heart it came with and see how much the bottom end can endure some not too over the top power adders. Like a stock Eaton Terminator supercharger for example. Think that would be some enjoyable content.
There was a white police vic for sale on craigslist a while back in Houston that had that conversion . Right now I'm enjoying driving my lightly modified 5.9 Cummins in my 2001 Dodge Ram 250 with a 6 speed manual an a positive track rear end but my all time favorite was my 1968 Plymouth Road Runner with a hemi drivetrain with a 383 four barrel and a 4 speed and positive track rear end came from the factory that way .
So, I've always had a soft spot for Fords, 60's Galaxies and also anything Panther Platform... I got a 66 Mercury Montclair back in November of 22, pretty much a Galaxie, and then the end of June 23, I bought a low mileage baby blue 1997 Crown Victoria LX for 1200 CAD, its been the most reliable, most comfortable "modern" car I have ever owned, been daily driving it ever since, A/C is like Im outside in the winter! I was thinking of a manual swap if the automatic ever dies, but so far its working great, and I am not gentle on it!
I don't know if I would want to drive that route or ride so I can rubber-neck at all the beauty.
Your change in mindset of not keeping it when you bought it to wanting to keep it after driving it reminds me a little of my first car. My grandparents bought it for me, a 1974 Beetle, and I didn't want it, mainly because my mom had said once she saw one burst into flames when it rear-ended another car. I didn't start to love the car until I drove it. I still miss it once in a while. I don't know if I could fit behind the steering wheel anymore though.
Hmm... I think there are a few manual AWD cars out there for cheap that are a blast to drive, especially offroad!
The dohc Cobra engine is a direct bolt in swap. Power adders such as supercharger and nitrous would make a lethal combo.
That would make it a marauder. Except... well... everything else. But yeah, it's a start
Also you probably won't see this, but if you still have a power steering leak I would bet you money it's the "Power Steering Pressure Switch". My grand Marquis and my Dad's Lincoln Town Car both had the little buggers go out, and they leak like a sieve under pressure, I guess because the diaphragm's go bad. luckily they're easy to swap out
As a mad Brit 🇬🇧we have driven about 47 states , hired a car in Florida, took it to Niagara falls and gave it back in NY
I borrowed a car in Toronto and drove it to Florida , hired another in Seattle and followed the Rock mountain rail lines.
Love meeting people in small towns !
So it is basically an Australian Ford Falcon! haha! Front engine V8, manual trans, and rear wheel drive 4 door sedan.
Upgrade-Tork Teck intake adapter with 4v cobra blower, inexpensive swap and you could get a safer tune and have boosted “cougar” grandma fun
Best and easiest upgrades for a Panther platform. LSD, and dual exhaust. Didn’t catch if you already had that or not.
The 4.6 takes a blower quite nicely.
in the late 70s i worked on a 72 mercury grand marquis had all the bells and whistles and had a 3 on the tree special ordered from the factory.
A while back i found a screenshot of a Facebook ad for a Grand Marquis, with the PERFECT name...
It was listed as a "Grandma Keith"
Chef's kiss.
First "upgrade" i would do is an Atoto, or some other more modern Head unit with AA/carplay.
Other than that... It should be fabulous daily...
There was a local mechanic who put 2" spacers on the suspension, and put bigger muddies on his, but... Ti each their own.
Back in high school one guy had a Malibu, the Iraqi Taxi model for those that know. It had a modest 305 with a 4 speed but was a blast. My last manual was my 78 F100 302 4 speed glasspacks exit behind the cab. Again not much power but a load of fun. I hope my next manual is an International 5 ton build I am planning. Great video!
I had close to the same outcome with the clutch in my 79 Pinto California Cruise Wagon with a 2.3 bored .040 and a newer shaved head and a rowdy cam. I accidentally shifted from 4th to 1st at 60 mph and the clutch grabbed for a split second before it disintegrated the 2 week old clutch material. I too had nothing but neutral for gears. At that time I lived at my dad’s and we didn’t have a garage that was useable. I replaced the clutch in the car with the car on ramps and the rear jacked up and on blocks. No trans jack involved. I had the trans out, clutch changed, and trans back in and driving again in 5.5 hours. That was all done in our sand driveway in front of the house.
I wish I'd have known you'd be in my area. I would have worn my Tri-Hard shirt and said hello.
I had a 94 for a few years. Loved that car. Didn't love putting gas in it. Best ride of all the cars I've owned.
Try to make the ultimate sleeper. No one would ever expect that car to do 10s in a quarter mile track. But trying to maintain its looks and quietness would be a heck of a challenge
I think you should build a series of manual Gran Marquis and maybe some crown vic ex Police cruisers . I love it
I can tell ya a fun combo is a LS backed with a traditional 4 speed in well in my case a 68 GTO makes for one of the most fun cars to drive, and thats exactly what I've been doing as much as possible after bringing ot back from decades dead in a field
Keep it as it is and call it M+M manual mercuirios the god of speed that Mercury's were named after. That looks like a fun trip "to complete".
It’s hard to change up a Crown Vic/Grande marquis and make it unique. Everything I can think of would probably ruin it but would definitely make it questionable. Things you don’t see when it comes to those cars. Big block swap, with a manual transmission. Make it 4 wheel/all wheel drive. I’ve always thought I’d do the opposite and and go smaller. do a 4 cylinder turbo stick shift like a turbo coupe or svo mustang. Or Honda k swap. What ever you choose. It’ll still be fun
Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
The best manual driving experience for the money is either going to be an NA Miata, an early Porsche Boxster, or an S2000.
I am not wrong and this is not up for debate.
That is not surprising to me. I once did the same thing to a clutch in a 1979 ford fairmont with a 4 speed in it. I did love that car though.
Come to Denmark, 95% of the cars is a stick shift 😂😂
How do you drive them with wooden shoes? 😎
@@squiggyg.8415Thats the Netherlands 😂
You should plan on supercharging it. I have a 2010 grand Marquis LS. I’m kind of curious on how the process would be on changing it out. 36:46 and mine only has 85,556 miles on it. You should name it the “GRAND MANNY”
I think sn95 mustangs offer exceptional value and are pretty affordable to get into. I got a 98 gt a couple of years ago, it seems like it should be a lot of fun. Last year i bought a miata too, but i havent even driven it yet.
Great, now I've got the bug to do a rally... and I just might have the car that might make it part of the way. Think AMC with a bulletproof 3 speed
Dusty Marge has a nice ring. I'd leave it until it needs something done then stuff a coyote into it. It's a cool car, I'd like something like this. I drive a manual Acura. Lots of fun. Thanks.
What if we don’t want you to be Frank? Nice unmarked taxi cab😎
We six speed swapped a mercury marauder about twenty years ago. I don't know who has the car now though.
OMG! I've wanted to build a manual Panther platform for YEARS now!
Boosting the 4.6 will require upgrading the internals . Stay tuned turboed a lincoln with same 4.6 can only handle 5 to 8 lbs of boost or about 400hp before it made windows in the block.
I like the name Grenade. for what it did to the clutch.
I have 1992 Mecury Capri 2 door convertible. It's one of the most fun 5 speed cars I have driven. It's like a bigger gocart at 1600 pounds. It is getting harder to find parts and keep it alive.
My personal choices of builds (if the wife allowed them) would be either an early 1980s Ford LTD (M.I
B Car) or an early 1980s Ford Fairmont ( my first car in 1992 was a 1978 Sedan 200 S-6 auto, and I loved its stock metalic brown paint) Sedan or wagon with a built 351C converted to EFI.
I'd find myself a buildable block and build a couple of more horses into it (sorry, im not really a Ford guy), then top it off with a pro charger or a couple of turbos.
Now, I'd have to upgrade the clutch and transmission, and im pretty sure that the drive shaft and rear end will need a little improvement, but that's just me.
I would most definately be in either the grand marquis or that camaro that year
Nice purchase, certainly a good rig for a long rally route!
I did that in my 1992 saturn SL2. Also , only had air intake and muffler changed.
A Procharger? Yes, definitely! then you could call it "Marquis of Queensbury" (because it packs a punch)! 😁
Convert it to a Station Wagon. That would be Badass!
After about 30 years, I had to give up riding motorcycles due to “carpal tunnel”, basically my throttle hand kept going numb and I couldn’t control the throttle. So I started looking for a stick to replace my motorcycle. Not many fun manual cars around I my budget at the time, so I ended up with a 01 Mustang GT convertible with the 5 speed. Basically the same 4.6 engine. Can still row through the gears, feel the sun on me, and feel the wind blowing through my hair. Still miss riding 😢
Granny-Z The ultimate sleeper. Dual turbo it under the hood and have some real fun with it. Love the content.
I rode the Coronado in August 2017 on my '76 CB550F on the return half of a 4700 mile trip. I think that for that one 100 mile stretch of road, the GT3 might actually be 30x more fun.
I actually just got back from a vacation in New Mexico and I can verify the beauty that those roads hold
Heyyyyyy that's quite a bit like mine! I've got a 2003 Marquis Stick shift and I have to agree with you, it's a great value for money stick shift car!
That thing should be fun to go around a track with. Very cool build
You need to do a ralley in an Iron Duke something like a Buick. That would be fun
In the 70s driving a 5 ton IHC Dump truck, I turned the clutch friction material into rock wool, it looked like grey cotton candy.
Heh Heh, definitely a very cushy manual ride! Great trip, thanks for taking us along!
"Marquis De Shift" And I know what you should do. Drive it to Wyoming, do a lap of Yellowstone and sell it to me. Or maybe, just maybe, swap in that dual cam 5.0 Coyote?